Boomplay

From the United States vs. TikTok to Sony pulling its catalog from Boomplay… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay

Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform

Universal and music streaming service Boomplay expand license to cover 47 countries across Africa

New markets include South Africa, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Senegal

Merlin inks licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay, which now has 62m users

Partnership follows licensing deals with Sony, Warner and Universal

Sony inks major licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay (and its 60m users)

Chinese-owned app is currently adding around 2m users every month

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Universal becomes first major to license Africa’s biggest streaming platform, Boomplay

Boomplay is jointly owned by two large-scale Chinese companies